Hmm, I wonder if we can think of any websites to nominate in the e-culture, e-learning categories? ;-) I haven't checked the website, but these awards are given in 150 countries, so we have plenty of opportunities to win a few dozen of them. ;-)
Maybe there is a global category.
--Jimbo
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [bjc] World Summit Awards USA competition Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 09:15:44 -0400 From: Andy Carvin acarvin@edc.org Reply-To: bjc@eon.law.harvard.edu Organization: Center for Media & Community To: bjc@eon.law.harvard.edu
Hi everyone,
I'd like to announce the official opening of the World Summit Awards USA competition. The official digital content competition of the UN's World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), which will take place in Tunis this November, the World Summit Awards will hold competitions in more than 150 countries around the globe. I'm serving as coordinator of the USA competition.
We're seeking nominations for the best websites (including blogs) and CD-ROMs from the USA in the following categories:
e-business e-culture e-entertainment e-government e-health e-inclusion e-learning e-science
I've assembled a team of more than a dozen volunteers representing a range of expertise in digital content. We will review the nominations and select a winner in each category; the winner will then represent the USA in the international competition.
To nominate a website or CD-ROM, please visit here:
http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?id=93093
CD-ROMs should be mailed to:
Andy Carvin EDC Center for Media & Community 55 Chapel Street Newton, MA 02458
Nominations must be received by May 30, 2005; winners will be announced by July 1, 2005.
Please feel free to share the URL and extend an invitation to colleagues to submit nominations for the competition.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at acarvin @ edc .org. For more information about the competition and WSIS, please visit here:
http://www.wsis-award.org http://www.wsis.org
thanks, ac
On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 02:56:25PM -0400, Jimmy Wales wrote:
Hmm, I wonder if we can think of any websites to nominate in the e-culture, e-learning categories? ;-) I haven't checked the website, but these awards are given in 150 countries, so we have plenty of opportunities to win a few dozen of them. ;-)
Maybe there is a global category.
--Jimbo
From the look of it, it's something like a Miss Universe pageant: each
nation narrows down its nominees to a national "winner" who goes on to compete in the international . . . thingie . . . except that this has categories. That being the case, I think I'd really like to see several Wikipedia projects from around the world end up "competing" against each other in Tunis. Could be fun.
-- Chad Perrin [ CCD CopyWrite | http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
Yes, that seems to be the ticket. Happily, since Wikipedias are not at all translations of one another, we could have such a face-off in all seriousness. SJ
On 5/3/05, Chad Perrin perrin@apotheon.com wrote:
From the look of it, it's something like a Miss Universe pageant: each
nation narrows down its nominees to a national "winner" who goes on to compete in the international . . . thingie . . . except that this has
Jimmy Wales (jwales@wikia.com) [050504 05:02]:
Hmm, I wonder if we can think of any websites to nominate in the e-culture, e-learning categories? ;-) I haven't checked the website, but these awards are given in 150 countries, so we have plenty of opportunities to win a few dozen of them. ;-) Maybe there is a global category.
What we need, right, is for the Nobel Foundation to create the Nobel Prize for General Knowledge.
(Then Ram-man will probably win it.)
- d.
Sounds like a great business model. "I will fund this project by producing one nobel prize winner every decade..." SJ
On 5/3/05, David Gerard fun@thingy.apana.org.au wrote:
Jimmy Wales (jwales@wikia.com) [050504 05:02]:
Hmm, I wonder if we can think of any websites to nominate in the e-culture, e-learning categories? ;-) I haven't checked the website, but these awards are given in 150 countries, so we have plenty of opportunities to win a few dozen of them. ;-) Maybe there is a global category.
What we need, right, is for the Nobel Foundation to create the Nobel Prize for General Knowledge.
(Then Ram-man will probably win it.)
- d.
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